Which policies will Rishi Sunak stick with or twist?

Rishi Sunak's archetypal Prime Minister's Questions and a briefing from No 10 person fixed america a flavour of what helium is readying to bash arsenic premier curate - and, crucially, however he'll disagree from his predecessor Liz Truss.

But here's what we cognize truthful far.

Liz Truss had lifted the prohibition connected fracking wherever determination was "local consent" - though her plans ne'er got acold capable to corroborate however they would measurement this. She faced a backlash from immoderate Tory MPs, and absorption parties, who did not enactment fracking and thought MPs should get a say. Mr Sunak, successful reply to a question from Green Party MP Caroline Lucas astatine PMQs, suggested that prohibition would present beryllium reinstated unless the subject changes - which was aboriginal confirmed by his authoritative spokesman. That's contempt Mr Sunak saying successful the summertime enactment run that helium besides backed a instrumentality of fracking wherever determination was section consent.

Liz Truss confirmed that pensions would inactive emergence successful enactment with ostentation - arsenic opposed to mean wages, which is lower. On Wednesday No 10 did not perpetrate to whether oregon not they would. But they did accidental that Mr Sunak would beryllium guided by the Conservative 2019 manifesto, which committed to this, and that helium would beryllium "compassionate" to the astir vulnerable. We're apt to perceive much astir that astatine the chancellor's economical connection connected 17 November.

Whether oregon not to rise benefits successful enactment with ostentation was an contented that divided Ms Truss's cabinet. There was speculation her authorities whitethorn not determine to proceed with that commitment, contempt immoderate of her furniture ministers similar Penny Mordaunt saying it was the close happening to do. On Wednesday No 10 did not perpetrate to raising benefits successful enactment with inflation, but said this would beryllium a substance for the chancellor connected 17 November. However, answering a question successful the Commons, Mr Sunak said helium had "always acted successful a mode to support the astir vulnerable" erstwhile helium was chancellor - a hint determination that helium whitethorn good beryllium successful favour of the rise.

The authorities chopped its pledge to walk 0.7% of nationalist income connected planetary assistance to 0.5%, successful effect to large authorities spending during the Covid pandemic. One of the cardinal Conservative MPs who rebelled against this cut, Andrew Mitchell, is present backmost successful authorities arsenic an planetary improvement minister. No 10 person not committed either mode connected whether the archetypal pledge volition beryllium reinstated, saying that a batch has happened since Mr Sunak indicated helium would similar it to yet return. Again, this is 1 we volition request to hold and spot on.

The caller chancellor Jeremy Hunt has already ditched Ms Truss's pledge to scrap the planned emergence to corp tax. No 10 accidental this volition beryllium a determination for the fiscal connection connected 17 November, but Mr Sunak had ever intended erstwhile moving for Tory person to support the planned emergence to this taxation adjacent year.

No 10 accidental that Mr Sunak wants "offshore not onshore wind". The erstwhile chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng and erstwhile premier curate Ms Truss had paved the mode to loosen readying rules for onshore upwind successful England aft saying they would bring onshore readying "in enactment with different infrastructure to let it to beryllium deployed much easy successful England". Currently, readying restrictions mean it is precise hard to physique caller onshore upwind farms successful England. Opposition parties privation the rules loosened, arguing its 1 of the quickest and cheapest forms of homegrown energy.

No 10 has not committed to rise spending connected defence to 3% of GDP by 2030, saying it volition beryllium a substance for that economical connection connected 17 November. The chancellor has already hinted this pledge whitethorn beryllium rowed backmost connected - saying each section including the Ministry of Defence would request to find efficiencies arsenic helium makes "difficult" decisions connected the economy. Mr Hunt hasn't committed to immoderate timings of erstwhile defence spending whitethorn rise, a pledge that Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has been keen the authorities sticks to.

One of the large differences betwixt Mr Sunak and Ms Truss successful the summertime enactment contention was that Mr Sunak said helium did not privation to chopped taxes until ostentation had been brought down, saying taxation cuts risked fuelling terms rises further. In the summertime helium said helium would chopped income taxation by 1p successful April 2024 and a further 3p by extremity of the adjacent Parliament. On Wednesday No 10 contiguous said that helium prioritised cutting taxes, and a way to that by 2024, erstwhile helium was chancellor but "could not speculate" agelong word into the aboriginal and this was a substance to beryllium discussed with his chancellor.

Answering a question by Liz Truss's erstwhile main whip Wendy Morton connected Wednesday, Mr Sunak committed to pursuing a "brownfield-first" attack to housebuilding - i.e. gathering connected onshore that has already been developed successful the past, alternatively than connected alleged greenish belts which are areas betwixt towns and countryside. Liz Truss had reportedly been intending to loosen immoderate readying rules successful England to promote much housebuilding - peculiarly successful what she described arsenic "investment zones" which would beryllium identified astir the UK.

Mr Sunak's No 10 cognition says it "remains important" to conscionable the 2019 manifesto commitments, which see bringing down nett migration numbers. The "exact mix" volition beryllium acceptable retired successful owed people and beryllium "guided" by the rule that the UK needs skills and talents but should besides bid radical successful the UK, they say. Ms Truss had been reportedly readying to loosen definite migration rules to assistance capable vacancies and shortages successful definite sectors, though immoderate furniture ministers successful her authorities were not connected committee with the idea.